Jesse Sisgold becomes senior adviser at RedBird after Skydance departure
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Jesse Sisgold is leaving his official role at Skydance to become a senior C-suite adviser at RedBird Capital Partners, a strategic partner of the company. The move gives him a broader advisory role across RedBird’s sports and entertainment portfolio after more than a decade helping build Skydance.
Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014, became chief operating officer and later led its sports business. After Skydance acquired Paramount last year, he ran Paramount Sports Entertainment, which CEO David Ellison said renewed its NFL partnership, received ten Sports Emmy nominations and had number one releases across four platforms. Ellison credited Sisgold with helping raise capital, build partnerships and lead the merger with Paramount.
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In short
- Sisgold is leaving Skydance for an advisory role at RedBird.
- He spent more than a decade helping build Skydance.
- His sports division received ten Emmy nominations.
How this story developed
- 46 minutes ago The account now adds that Sisgold helped build Skydance’s interactive business and led Skydance Sports before the Paramount merger, while David Ellison credited him with ten Sports Emmy nominations and number one releases across four platforms.
- 51 minutes ago Jesse Sisgold is leaving his official post at Skydance to advise RedBird Capital Partners at senior C-suite level, drawing on a decade at Skydance that included serving as chief operating officer and leading its sports business.
Full account
Jesse Sisgold is leaving his executive role at Skydance and will become a senior adviser to RedBird Capital Partners, the investment firm that has backed Skydance. His new remit will span RedBird’s sports and entertainment interests, according to one account; another describes it as covering the firm’s media and sports holdings. The move keeps Sisgold connected to a company with close ties to Skydance.
Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 to lead strategy and business affairs, later becoming its president and chief operating officer. He also led its sports operation, which expanded into Paramount Sports Entertainment after Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount. That division made documentary films and series, including projects developed with the NFL and other sports leagues. One report says an existing executive team will now oversee the unscripted slate Sisgold had managed.
In a memo to staff, Skydance chief executive David Ellison described Sisgold as a central figure in the company’s growth. He credited him with shaping its strategy, raising capital, developing the interactive business and building relationships with Tencent, RedBird, CJ ENM and KKR. Ellison also cited Sisgold’s work on Skydance Animation Madrid and the Paramount merger, and said he had helped build the company from its early days.
Sisgold’s departure comes as Skydance sets out a broader leadership structure for its studios, entertainment, sports and news operations. A second memo, from Skydance television co-chair and chief content officer George Cheeks, named senior executives and outlined a new television studios group bringing together Warner Bros. Television Group, CBS Studios and Paramount Television Studios. RedBird chief executive Gerry Cardinale, who is also a Skydance board member, was described by one outlet as a key architect of the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The reports describe Sisgold’s new advisory remit differently: one says it covers RedBird’s sports and entertainment portfolio, while the other says media and sports holdings.
The first report foregrounds Ellison’s tribute and Sisgold’s long contribution to Skydance; the second gives more attention to the new executive structure and the unscripted sports slate Sisgold oversaw.
The first report says Skydance acquired Paramount last year. The second discusses the Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger and identifies RedBird’s Gerry Cardinale as a primary architect, while giving less detail about the timing of Skydance’s acquisition.
Explained simply
Skydance is a media and entertainment company founded by David Ellison, making films, television programmes and games. Its expansion has included sports, a business that produces sports-related programmes and other content.
RedBird Capital Partners is an investment firm that works with companies in media, sport and entertainment. It has a strategic partnership with Skydance, linking the two organisations while they remain distinct.
Jesse Sisgold joined Skydance in 2014 and held senior roles as the company grew, including leading its sports operations. His career connects the development of Skydance’s sports business with RedBird’s investment and advisory work across related industries.
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Originally published by The Hollywood Reporter as “Jesse Sisgold Exits Skydance for Role at RedBird Capital Partners”.